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YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1993 - SECT 36A

36A—Transfer following imposition of concurrent prison sentence

        (1)         If a youth who is serving a sentence of detention or imprisonment in a training centre (the "youth sentence") is sentenced to imprisonment for an offence committed after turning 18 years of age and that sentence is to be served concurrently with the youth sentence, the youth must, unless the sentencing court directs otherwise, be transferred to, and will serve those sentences in, a prison.

        (2)         The Correctional Services Act 1982 applies to and in relation to a youth transferred to a prison under this section.

        (3)         For the purposes of this section, a sentence of detention includes an order for detention issued for the enforcement of a community service order.



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